Waterstar: Good for you for coming back and not hiding. There's no need for you too. The internet is "free country". I'm sorry yo had to go through all that though. I wish you the best.

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UGH, I have this cold that just won't go away. I thought I was free and them BAM it hits me in the face again. I feel horrible.

I haven't been on here in a good month or so :x
I hope everyone is doing well; I certainly am because I got into my dream college :] I'm so elated!!

Congrats vegetagurl!

Gummy vitamins for adults are really good.

omg Hammy my fiancee loves gummy vitamins!

I have to remind her that they're not candy or else she'd eat them by the handful.

congratz vegetagurl! Now that you're in college the real hard work begins... _-_zzzz I'm so sick of college!
Ironically, it's preventing me from getting a better job because no one wants to hire someone who still goes to school.
(We think you have promise but we cannot accommodate your schedule. You can certainly reapply after you have your degree though)
ugh!
An associates degree is no better than a piece of toilet paper it seems.

thank you SailorJupiter!
and you as well, firebornx! but don't dampen my dreams of college! D: it's not really that horrible is it?!
and what are you majoring in, might I ask? :}

*waves to the greppies who have come back*

...it's going to be hard to get back to work tomorrow, and it'll be even worse if I do have Thursday off. Oh yes. It'll be way weird for the last day of break to be on a Monday...it wasn't like that when I was a kid...

...I used flouride rinse when I brushed my teeth. And of course, now I can drink water again, but...why do I have to feel hungry NOW? >_o

Hope you're all doing well!

College is horrible if you go part time... It's a burden on the rest of your life and you see no real reward in it until you finish.
If you're going through full time however then iz no problem.

I am majoring in computer science... programming and IT stuuf

Happy Easter :D
I'm going full time, firebornx, so that's good to hear! You had me scared...

And if you go full time, make sure you STICK WITH IT! That's very important. No matter how hard it is, stick with it and you will be very fullfilled in the end.

I shall stick with it! I'm definitely not going to spend that much money and give up on it...like my brother.
I'm undecided about what I'm going to do, but I have a lot ideas :D
Hopefully I can find something I'm good at.

Well good luck on that Vegetagurl :)

Go sharks :D.

Nope, sorry, Pens are going to win it again this year. If by some chance we don't win it, I just hope Detroit and Washington don't either. Ovehkin likes to showboat too much, and I just plain don't like Detroit! ;D

Rain rain go away....

Can't believe April is almost over already...

I can't wait for April to be over. Too much school work was piled on at the very end of the semester. I'm so far behind it's not even funny.

Ahhhh! I'm so sad! My account was going to be 2 years old come October but it was somehow deleted so now I have to start anew again! So sad :(

-- Just felt like sharing that.

I'm waiting for prom... my school has planned it for May 22nd, which is the latest I've seen.
I really can't wait, I'm actually going to dance this year, because I'll most likely never see these fools again!! yes!
And about two weeks after prom is graduation for me! :D
I hope everyone else is doing well!

Have fun at prom! I didn't really enjoy my school's prom, but I think it's all in what you make of it. I still kind of miss high school. Not so much the classes and the ridiculous rules, but I miss having my core of friends intact. Enjoy it while you can!

[start rant]
I feel like stomping a certain pretty shojo senshi into oblivion and then give her 17 whacks for good measure...

I've been on a mean streak lately... think I made the kid across the street cry after I told him that their family does not own the parking spot in front of their house.
Everyone is always parking in front of our house and I don't go whining "This is our family's parking spot!"
grrrr....


That and my math professor is a total jerk...
Seriously, what kinda professor answers their students' questions by saying "WHAT? Why the heck don't you know that?!" or "What do you expect me to do? Give you the answers to everything? You need to try learning stuff on your own."
insert additional grrrrrrr..........
thank god this semester is nearly over with... although I along with over half my class will probably end up failing because the guy's a git and doesn't really want to teach, he just expects you to magically know! If that's the case then why do I even show up for class?! I have a math textbook, I can learn this stuff my own darn self like he wants me to.
[/end rant]

that aside I hope you all are doing lovely, enjoy prom and studying and such :)

@firebornx: Oh gawd.. sounds like your standard 'i'm clueless as a teacher so i won't answer you' routine. I swear those are the kind of teachers that should have their licenses revoked.. all it takes is one idiot like that to forever screw up a kids future =/ I mean a teacher doesn't have to flat out 'answer' the question.. but you have to 'teach' the student to get the answers themselves.. like say give a formula? hints?

On a random note.. gawd I so need a vacation @_@ I just checked my payslip and found out I have 200hours of Leave racked up @_@ I really should use them

@RockM: eh I had one of those in 2nd grade that screwed me up good through high school. Hated school after 2nd grade, just decided it was better for me to learn stuff myself than to listen to some old hag spout nonsense for 6 hours a day.
(of course that attitude nearly did me in, nearly flunked out of high school...)

The guy I have now is a tenured college professor. I've heard that, in California at least, college professors don't need a credential so there's nothing the higher ups can do to get rid of him or I'd talk to the dean (who is super nice).
He has a doctorate in Mathematics so he knows what he's talking about, but he explains it in a way that only a student of higher level math would understand.
Also, after 40+ years of teaching he hates his students since we "constantly whine about everything"
My theory is that part of the problem is that he doesn't remember what it's like to not know this stuff. If you can't put yourself in the shoes of the people you're trying to teach then it's very very difficult to successfully teach them anything.
His general dislike of students make it so he doesn't even care if people understand or not... he's getting paid either way, and if you fail then it's your fault because "You have to really try hard to fail this class"

I'll probably talk to the dean later on anyway just so it's on his file, but she can't really do much with full time faculty.
I just pray for his speedy retirement so future students don't have to go through hell.

If you just think I'm whining, check out what other people have to say about him: www.ratemyprofessors.com/Mas_Hayashi

3 more class sessions, pass or fail thank god I'll be done with it.

Ahh Prom, that was fun :) and yet soo long ago lol.. I went to both jr. prom and sr. ball with my then boyfriend, so we had a blast both times.. well actually jr. prom was more of a stepping stone for us.. we weren't quite bf/gf yet, but what fun it was :) and i agree, have fun while you can. While the adult world is fun too, it's also a lot of work and.. stuff hehe

Oh I made the yummiest 3 bean salad the other day. The dressing is sooo good :) Happy May!

@firebornx - I would definitely still complain. Pennsylvania is like that too with tenured professors, however, they can't ignore continued complaints. I recently suffered a kidney stone that required surgery - between the surgery and recovery time I ended up missing around two weeks of classes and work. As you may imagine, I fell behind. I was forced to drop the class because he would not help me. He is tenured and was at one time the chair of the department. But I am still sending a letter to his boss and the dean of the college. I want it documented, that way if someone else has to deal with him they might have an easier time. Stand up for yourself. After all, you're paying a significant amount of money to the school every year to attend. I'm even going to mention that I plan on retaking the course elsewhere because of him. Money talks, and maybe they'll do something for me.

mmmm prom... my first one with my first girlfriend sucked big time.
Was the same week that my grandpa died and the day before I found out that she got engaged to some other guy behind my back. Yet I still went for some reason... why, I dunno because of the other people that went with us I think... her fiancee was following us around... I was about to kill him... she was angry at him I was angry at her and the other people with us were angry cause it ruined their night. Yeah no fun...

Then I graduated and met my fiancee and went to her prom which turned out to be a really really great night with our first kiss and all that good stuff.

So it was the best of times and the worst of times...

@shawn: already made an appointment to speak with the dean. Other people in my class are waiting to send letters and complain until after they get their final grade because the fear retaliation from the guy.
I think I'm going to fail anyway so I might as well let him have it... in a professional, civil sort of way...
although my fiancee did propose a novel idea after seeing online that you can get personalized toilet paper.
I won't say what she said but I think you get the jist.

Holy crap... This is still active?! GrepSM is still active?

Sorry, I must sound retarded. I'm Annette, I was a member here a very VERY long time ago as a Jupiter, maybe even hitting 1999 or 2000. In fact, I was probably in middle school or high school, very obsessed with Sailormoon, and very active in this site.

Any old timers still here?

Oh how exciting... there are still "styles" built in here... Oh oh oh, and a forced "Preview!" Oh my goodness... I'd love to find my old account...

I remember you phoenixx.

grep is still up but active is another thing entirely.

eh people have been talking more lately I guess...

old account probably doesn't exist anymore, Scot probably just runs this server in a dusty corner of his house although it's rare to see him lurking around much less doing anything to the system at all.
We all grew up, now we're busy old farts.

Phoenixx! I remember you! It's hammy!

And back to studying for finals.

Holy crap, Hammy!! Hi!!

Wow. I feel like I was a silly teen when I was on this thing... Oh wait, I was. What's everyone up to nowadays?

I'm 24, living in Boston and being a Web Developer for a big advertising agency. (I partially blame Scot for going down the development route). I have a 28-year-old boyfriend and a purple apartment. :)

hi Phoe-Phoe!

hehe finals, yeah I'm totally going to fail this class...
(has dizzy anime eyes while staring at math book)

Wow Phoe is popular, she brings out the resident lurkers.
@Phoe: I'm 27, going to school part time, working full time as an IT tech for a small business that works around my school schedule. Getting married in September. Broke due to wedding, want to get done with school so I can get a better job... Working on web development skills lately...
speaking of which...

Scot: Is it possible for me to get a copy of the site's source code?
Trying to build a MVC based site system. Seen some different examples, but it seems that different people do it different ways.
I'm guessing this site is based on a similar pattern with finder being the entry point for everything?
Just like to see how a pro does it since I definitely don't feel like a pro yet when it comes to programming.

Hey, Phoe! :D

[Fillerfilerfillerfillerfillerfillerfiller so this isn't a one-line post...]

I really need to remember to check in here more than every couple of months... Wow, there was a [relatively] lot of activity...

What I'm up to: I taught music for a year and a half, then Arizona fired everyone and I decided to go to law school in Seattle. I'm just finishing up my first year. I'm living with a boy. We bought a blue couch that is wayyyy too large for the room but we don't care because it's comfy. I just ate a rib eye, roasted carrots, and cheese tortellini and now I'm about to pass out on the giant blue couch.

Long time no post, what's up everybody? Work has been pissing me off. Some of you know that I'm in the military. Well, I'm set to deploy this month and I was supposed to leave yesterday. Well, it got delayed until today and now it's delayed until tomorrow. I just want to go already, the sooner I leave the sooner I can get back. Though it is nice to spend a little extra time with my wife:)

Oh and I plan on going on vacation to Japan around March of next year. Mainly to visit inlaws and some good friends I left in Okinawa back in 08. Sister-in-law hit 20 this year so we plan on hitting up the town with all of my wife's brother and sister. Probably drive to our favorite bar and catch a daiko back to wherever we're staying. It would be nice to go scuba diving while I'm there, I miss diving so much. But I wouldn't have anyone to go with and I'm not going by myself, that's too dangerous. Don't think we'll have time to stop in mainland, oh well.

Sigh, all this reminiscing is making me want to get back to Japan. Maybe I'll get stationed in mainland this time so I can travel around more.

Hey, everyone. Man, it's been a long time. If you'd believe it, I only found out the site was back three days ago. Wish I had realized sooner... It's kind of sad not to have the stuff I worked so hard for. :( Although I don't even remember what it was anymore.
As firebornx said, "We all grew up, now we're busy old farts." It's so true, but really weird to see stated outright. Does that make us a bunch of old farts clinging to our youth?
Right now I'm 24, turning 25 in September, working 30-ish hours a week in retail and doing caretaker work in the morning, probably going to graduate with my associates in May '11 (though I have far more than 60 credits under my belt) and transfer back to a 4-year in fall '11. Nothing really going on in my personal life, unfortunately. ^_^; Just working my way slowly to a future that will hopefully involve Japan somehow...

Welcome back to grep, fellow geezer greppie :P

It's sad but true, those days are gone and all those UFO catchers and gifts just vanished from the face of the moon! But to heck with it! Even if we grew up, we had those fond memories and we still believe in grep today, even if it is a shadow of what it used to be.

When and if you ever meet another greppie, the bond between them is instant and fulfilling too. So much that I continue to talk with them today, just because grep bred quality people with unique personalities. Shame i'm 22, working two jobs and going to school, because that really doesn't help the social aspect :P

lol wow... this is great :)

But yeah.. everyone grew up.. but we're still fans ;)

Hammy... you're in Seattle? Like, now?

Seattle is depressing... rain and gray skies 300 days a year, why go to school there Hammy? Because of the boy?
psh who needs stinky boys like me anyway?

I even wonder how I found someone who can tolerate my peculiarities... I think she wonders sometimes how she can tolerate my peculiarities...

I'm hopped up on my ADHD pills right now so I'm like super hyperactive... which doesn't seem right... but they help me think straight which is good. Just took final exam, think I aced it even with the jerk of a professor that I had.
Although I did take off work early so I could study for 6 freakin hours straight and get some tutoring help. Yay! If I pass this class I'll be able to finally transfer into my 4 year school and start racking up some debt!
Going to Cal State University Fullerton, which is like the easiest school to get into but is close to home (who wants to fly to Seattle psh... it's sunny here... actually it's raining outside which is depressing, but I'm done with my final so I'm happy, yay!)
Just kidding Hammy, hope you're loving it up there with the big blue couch... I want a big plushy couch...
I'd be rolling on it right now... actually I should be catching up on my work work for tomorrow since I took off early today.
TTFN (:

Seattle is not depressing! And New York gets more rain than we do, they just get it all at once, and we get it a little bit at a time. :P

SailorChibiChibiCosmos-Yes...like...now. Are you here too? I'm up in Capitol Hill. I heard it's going to rain tonight. I'm really excited. This place does not rain enough. Everyone lies.

Fireborn-after living in Arizona my whole life, I'm loving the rain, what little there is. I actually get depressed on sunny days. If I wasn't so lazy, I'd take a picture for you. It's bright out with white puffy clouds.

Hammy: good point, I forgot you used to live in Arizona. You went from like the driest place to the wettest.
Must be nice to splash in the puddles :D

I still contend that gray skies are gloomy, however I do admit that when the rain leaves the sky is so clear and clean that it's absolutely gorgeous...
Just that in Seattle the rain hardly ever leaves, all the gloom and none of the beauty.
;p

passed mah final and thus got in A in cranky ol man Hayashi's class, gettin transcripts tomorrow and taking them to my new school... then I should be officially a 6th year college student
(does that make me like a super super senior?)

Hammy - yes, I'm up in Edmonds! It's like, an hour away. We totally should find some time to get together and meet!

Whoaaa hey there guys and gals, how the heck are ya?

Looks like everyone's acting all growed up, but I'll pass on that one ;)

Is any the heck else body in Dallas? lol

I'm alive, too. With my new computer's resolution what would have been a chock-full paragraph during the Library Card System days is still a one-liner now. I'm glad that's no longer a standard we bother enforcing.

I found this tumblr the other day. She's a nut but posts interesting things. Any chance she was a member here?

Based on the deranged and random content with a love for sailor moon and that crazy bong I would have to say yes, she was a member here...
possibly one of Kley's friends?

BTW I can't believe she got a Luna tattoo, that's just awesome.

That's a kinda disturbing link...

SailorChibiChibiCosmos-I'd love to! I'm not sure when I can at the moment...I'm starting a new job tomorrow, as well as a class in the evening. I'm not quite sure how this is going to work yet, because the job is in Olympia, and it's full time, and the class is in Seattle...As soon as I get this figured out, I'd love to meet you!

Wow a lot of Washington peeps.. I am not from there, but I have a ton of family there so I do go up there every so often. I'm from California.. born and raised. My mom grew up in Tacoma ^^

Hammy - ouch, that's a bad commute... But yay for job!

/is trying to get a job herself

Kimiko-I always wonder who comes from Tacoma. My commute is always smooth until I hit Tacoma, and then it slows to a snail's pace. Yet, all I see is a giant dome. Does everyone in Tacoma just live in the dome? I don't know...

SCCC-Good luck on the job! I got lucky. Little does my employer know that I would have taken the job for free.

Reserved my new iPhone today and helped to crash AT&T's servers :D
the phone is released on my birthday so yay!

So, why do I like the over-hyped Apple product?

simple...
cause it's shinier than all the other phones out there.

Well put XD

I work at the Rogers Wireless in BC, Canada, and it sucks being put on the side until the US is done with the iPhone 4 launch -_-

My manager is also forcing me to get the new phone too, as my jailbroken first gen isn't allowed to be shown to customers ^^;;

I'm still on the fence about selling my BlackBerry and getting the iPhone 4. I hated my first iPhone, but I've played with the newer ones and they seem a lot better. This is my third BlackBerry (first one I sold, second one broke before 1 year) and they've been great. The iPhones just do cooler things. I think I'm going to wait until they've been out for awhile and see if there are any issues.

I'm hoping the new version compensates for some of the problems caused by AT&Ts spotty network, they use the structural steel that make up the frame as part of the antenna or something like that. (don't listen to me, go read the blog transcripts of Job's comments on that feature)

regardless I've had the 3G since it was released and it's been a really good phone / mp3 player / video player / web browser. Plus if I wanted to get the extra features present by jailbreaking I know I can at any time.

Such a flexible little device... it just works, and when they're having problems at work with the computers and I'm on vacation (always happens... don't know why...), having VNC on my phone is a godsend.

...I just have a little pre-paid phone. lucky people. :P

I'm going to register for my classes tomorrow :D
I'm so excited!

I also have a pre-paid phone - I've had the same one for going on 5 years, actually - so, yeah...

But, from what I've heard about contracts, and having stood around a particular phone store for 2 hours waiting for my boyfriend's phone issue to be resolved...I love my little pre-paid phone soooo much...

For anyone who's seen Speed Racer, Peter Fernandez, voice of Speed (as well as theme composer, voice director, and script co-writer), passed away this morning.

Sooooo....
What's the most exciting thing that's happened to y'all today?

I got to test my emergency break real good because someone thought it might be funny to cut the break lines on the passenger side of my car.

I know I cause trouble and all but jeese! Don't try to kill me for it o_o

I can't believe it's my birthday.. It just flew up on me.. And I forgot about it.. lol

Happy B-Day!

Wow, there is allot of dust around here. I wonder where everyone went.

I move in the 14th... that's only about two weeks away! I need to go shopping.
And good lord, text books are expensive. I trying to decide whether I should rent them or buy used from amazon; I have to get about 8 books.
Despite the expensive-ness, I'm very excited (:
I hope you all are doing well!

Well, "Life" has happened to alot of us. We joined when we were younger, but now there is so much pressure to put our focus elsewhere.

I'm no longer spending my high school lunch breaks moderating the forums here.

I'm without a car, seeking physical therapy for my disabled back, fighting for SSI/SSDI and other assistance to cover me in the meanwhile. I've been homeless for short periods.

I'm glad the site is still here for nostalgia's sake, and I'm proud of   Scot  for not auctioning the domain or letting it fall into the hands of some horrific domain parker.

*hugs* mbh :) Hang in there, aim harass me any time!

I know what you mean, glad it's here as well. I'm pretty sure almost everyone that saw it "reappear" nearly fell out of their chair. ;) I saw a quote recently that this made me think of for some reason: You are born and die alone, everything else can be photoshopped. heh. I'm sitting here in India for work reading this.. no one can ever guess what life will chuck our way!

*goes to search ebay for the full SM series..* lol

@ Vegetagurl - I have been in those shoes! Allot of shops in the schools will buy the books back if you keep them in good shape. Thought I have found myself keeping mine. I love book.

@ meatballhead - I was a paralegal for a long while dealing with that sort of thing. Keep on it, they try to make you quit. It WILL take a very long time. It works the same thing with the VA. I am sorry to hear about your luck with the car and being homeless, I have seen a ton of that and it is never good for a person. Just remember. "Om Mani Pahdme Hum". :P

@tux - I did in fact fall out of my seat in a most literal way. :P

It is really nice to see everyone again.

I bought a tux today
and a suit

The wedding is getting more real.
too much to do, too little time, and I'm starting to panic a little bit now...

Veggurl: unless you plan on keeping the books it's cheapest to rent them look to chegg.com My biology book was going to be something like $150, I rented it for like $70 cause it's not a subject that I am at all inclined to pursue.
If you want to buy then you can get used books from Amazon or Barnes and Noble or you can even try to hit up eBay they have good deals sometimes.

I'm waiting patiently until some e-reader finally offers a good selection of textbooks...
that would make life good

That would be a to go to be true situation firebornx.